Health and social work services

Tender description

Cornwall Council welcome your interest in the provision of support for Young Parents and their Children in Cornwall. The contract start date will be 1.4.2019 for 5 years until 31.3.2024, with the possibility of a further two year contract extension until 31.3.2026. Cornwall Council is going out to tender for the provision of support services for young parents and their children in Cornwall. The service will work in partnership with other services and agencies to improve the outcomes and life chances for young parents and their children in Cornwall. Young and teenage parents face issues specific to them when bringing up a family. Cornwall Council is interested in commissioning a service that will meet the needs of these parents and their young children that will result in positive outcomes being achieved with regards to their education, employment, health behaviour, parenting, safeguarding, social and emotional needs. The service will be required to offer support to all young parents in Cornwall and to undertake targeted work, in partnership with other key agencies, which results in evidence of improved outcomes and high levels of client satisfaction and also assists the integration of these families into mainstream and universal services.